CLAY COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Indiana State Police reported Thursday that a driver neglecting to heed hazard lights on slow-moving vehicles on I-70 crashed into the back of a semi, flipping his car over and sending him to the hospital.
At approximately 5:25 p.m., officers from the Putnamville State Police Post responded to a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 westbound near the twenty-six-mile marker. Trooper Athan Lamson’s investigation revealed that Curtis Ray, 35, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was driving a 2017 Chevrolet, and due to the rain and wet road conditions, traffic was slowed, with drivers were using their hazard lights.
Failing to observe the hazard lights of the slowed traffic, Ray attempted an evasive driving maneuver to avoid a collision, switching lanes rapidly. Ray’s car crashed into the rear of a 2020 International semi-tractor trailer driven by Tommy L. Rosecrans, 32, of Oskaloosa, Kans. The crash caused Ray’s vehicle to flip and come to an abrupt stop facing eastbound in the westbound lanes.
Good Samaritans at the scene rendered lifesaving first aid to Ray until the arrival of first responders, whereupon Ray was immediately transported by Starr Ambulance to Regional Hospital for medical care.
